Ranked #1  –

No. 1. The Disruptive Thinker: According to the all-new Thinkers50 ranking made public today, the most influential living management thinker in the world is Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School. Christensen, the originator of the theory of disruptive innovation and author of best-selling books including The Innovator’s Dilemma, tops the list for the second time running – an achievement matched only by management legends Peter Drucker and CK Prahalad.

NEW RANKING OF BUSINESS GURUS ANNOUNCED:

•  HARVARD INNOVATION EXPERT TOPS THINKERS50
•  RECORD NUMBER OF FEMALE THINKERS
•  FIRST CHINESE GURUS ENTER RANKING

LONDON – Who is the most influential living management thinker? Thinkers50, the premier global ranking of management thinkers, provides the answer. The ranking is published every two years and is the essential guide to which thinkers and which ideas matter now – and which have been consigned to business history. Who gets the plaudits in 2013?